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Here's a nice twist on blackness
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:59 pm
by rickfan60
Paul Boyer has opted to customize his recently purchased JG 4003 with some bits from Pickguardian. Paul took them a step further and trimmed the black plastic in white. I think it ties in nicely with the binding. We had to restore the circuitry because the original pickups were replaced with a set of Bartolinis. Anyone want a nice new set of Barts?
The action on this baby is perfect! The neck is actually slim for the year. I have two recent 4003s here right now and Paul's is definately slimmer feeling.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:06 pm
by jnbass
very nice!
got this from Paul awhile ago...
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:39 am
by marc61
Paul is very creative in styling his basses. Nice to see folks doing something different.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:04 am
by bassduke49
I think I'm going to nickname it "Some Blacker." ;^)
This is the bass that flashed on eBay a couple weeks ago with a BIN of $500. Click. Previous owner had installed the Barts direct to the output, bypassing the vol and tone board (?). Some of the wiring was missing, but the sale included the original Rick pickups. It's not quite mint: a couple of tiny dings, one on the upper horn binding, and another BB size depression in the upper horn face. When Ted was repositioning the original pickups, we discovered that one of the mounting screws in the treble pickup had sheared off, but Ted was able to remove and replace it.
If I were to do it again, I think I might attempt to create a 45-degree bevel to the pickguard and surround before painting the edges white for more "reveal." Still it looks nice. I painted the edges with Polly Scale white model paint, then cleaned up overstrike with Windex and polish. Thanks for fixing the electronics stuff, Ted. Go to Ted if you want to buy the Bartolini pickups.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:10 am
by jwr2
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:31 am
by atomic_punk
Paul, that looks great! Congratulations!
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:40 am
by incubus2432
Looks great Paul/Ted....nice detail !
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:35 am
by rickfan60
Here is a better shot of the body.
...and the head
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:34 am
by doctorwho
Hey! My 4001 FL BG has a TRC with white on the edge, too. I don't have a close-up picture of it with me, but I'll take one and post it later when I get home from work.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:09 am
by bassduke49
Gary, was it painted on, or was it a factory piece? If so, it may have been a laminate of some kind. I think they would look cool, but figured I'd have to do it myself -- so I did!
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:11 am
by incubus2432
After looking at it more I really like it. I never liked black pickguards on JetGlo 4003's because of the white binding.....it just looks wrong (IMO). With the white trim everything is brought together nicely. The black/chrome TRC is a nice touch as well.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:13 am
by ilan
I don't think you can buy black/white logo TRC's from RIC anymore. If you want a black TRC, it's either silver or gold letters.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:41 pm
by nattiep
I hope you don't mind if I steal that idea.. hehe. I want a JG 4003 with black plastic, and that makes it look even better. Thanks for the idea!
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:58 pm
by jps
Looks great Paul/Ted!
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:07 pm
by bassduke49
Nate, do you have a Jetglo 4003 yet? I'll likely want to sell this one, so maybe we can talk.